Use of a tacky mat for securing a portable roll dispenser to a horizontal surface and portable roll dispenser

Abstract

A method of releasably securing a portable roll dispenser to a surface includes providing a tacky mat made from a tacky elastomeric polymer composition, wherein the mat has a first side and an opposite second side, and wherein the first side of the mat is smooth and at least a part of the second side is provided with a surface structure; and arranging the first side of the mat on the dispenser; wherein the surface structure includes at least one of at least one projection, a surface texture, and at least one recess.

1 . A method of releasably securing a portable roll dispenser to a surface, the method comprising:
 providing a tacky mat made from a tacky elastomeric polymer composition,   wherein the mat has a first side and an opposite second side, and wherein the first side of the mat is smooth and at least a part of the second side is provided with a surface structure; and   arranging the first side of the mat on the dispenser;   wherein the surface structure includes at least one of:
 at least one projection, 
 a surface texture, and 
 at least one recess. 
   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first side of the mat is arranged on a bottom of the dispenser. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the mat has a thickness of at least 0.5 mm. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 3 , wherein the mat has a thickness of from 1 to 5 mm. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the mat has a thickness of from 1.5 to 3 mm. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the tacky elastomeric polymer composition comprises one or more elastomeric polymers. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the elastomeric polymer(s) is/are elastomeric polyurethane polymer(s). 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the polymer(s) have been produced in the presence of more than 0 to 5% by weight of a catalyst, based on the total weight of the composition. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 8 , wherein the polymer(s) have been produced in the presence of from 0.3 to 2.0% by weight of a catalyst, based on the total weight of the composition. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the tacky elastomeric polymer composition comprises filler in an amount of more than 0 to less than 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the tacky elastomeric polymer composition comprises filler in an amount of from 1 to 30% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition. 
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the tacky elastomeric polymer composition comprises additives in a total amount of more than 0 to 25% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the tacky elastomeric polymer composition comprises additives in a total amount of from 0.5 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the additives are selected from a group comprising coloring agents, water-binding substances, flame-proofing agents, UV stabilizers, plasticizers, and tackifiers. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the one or more elastomeric polymers are selected from elastomeric polyurethane polymers and wherein one of the following conditions is met:
 (i) no filler is present, optionally plasticizers and/or tackifiers are present as sole additives, and the elastomeric polymer composition is transparent or translucent, and   (ii) filler and/or coloring agents are present, optionally plasticizers and/or tackifiers are present as sole further additives, and filler and/or coloring agents have been selected so as provide the mat with a color matching the color of the outer surface of the dispenser on which the mat is to be arranged.   
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the surface is a horizontal surface. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein the tacky mat is arranged on a bottom of the dispenser, and a height of the dispenser is greater than a largest diameter of its bottom area. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein a ratio of height/largest diameter of the bottom area is at least 1.2. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 18 , wherein the ratio of height/largest diameter of the bottom area is at least 1.5. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 19 , wherein the ratio of height/largest diameter of the bottom area is at least 1.6. 
     
     
         21 . The method according to  claim 20 , wherein the ratio of height/largest diameter of the bottom area is at least 1.7. 
     
     
         22 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein the tacky mat is arranged on a bottom of the dispenser, and wherein the dispenser has a substantially cylindrical volume and the dispensing opening of the dispenser is arranged at or above a top end face of the cylindrical volume. 
     
     
         23 . The method according to  claim 22 , wherein the dispensing opening of the dispenser defines a central axis extending therethrough that is offset from a central longitudinal axis of the cylindrical volume. 
     
     
         24 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein the dispenser has an essentially circular bottom and the mat is provided in a recess in the bottom surface. 
     
     
         25 . The method according to  claim 24 , wherein the recess is surrounded by an annular rim, and the thickness of the tacky mat is greater than the clearance between the bottom of the recess and the lower end of the rim or the bottom surface extending about the recess. 
     
     
         26 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein the dispensing opening includes teeth at least partly around the opening. 
     
     
         27 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein at least a bottom of the dispenser is made of a plastic material that contains, in addition to carbon and hydrogen atoms, polar structural units. 
     
     
         28 . The method according to  claim 27 , wherein the dispenser is made of a plastic material that contains, in addition to carbon and hydrogen atoms, polar structural units. 
     
     
         29 . The method according to  claim 27 , wherein the polar structural units are selected from carboxy (O—C═O), amide (N—C═O) and nitrile (CN). 
     
     
         30 . The method according to  claim 27 , wherein the tacky elastomeric polymer composition comprises one or more elastomeric polymers. 
     
     
         31 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first and the second sides of the mat both have a smooth surface. 
     
     
         32 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the mat has an area (Amat) smaller than a total projected area of the bottom side (Abs) of the dispenser. 
     
     
         33 . The method according to  claim 32 , wherein the ratio (Amat)/(Abs) is 0.8 to 0.99. 
     
     
         34 . The method according to  claim 32 , wherein the mat is essentially circular. 
     
     
         35 . The method according to  1 , claim wherein the mat has a durometer hardness on the Shore(00) scale in the range of from 20 to 85. 
     
     
         36 . The method according to  claim 35 , wherein the mat has a durometer hardness on the Shore(00) scale in the range of from 35 to 75. 
     
     
         37 . The method according to  claim 36 , wherein the mat has a durometer hardness on the Shore(00) scale in the range of from 45 to 65. 
     
     
         38 . A portable roll dispenser on which a tacky mat is arranged, wherein the mat is made from a tacky elastomeric polymer composition, and wherein the mat is defined as in  claim 1 . 
     
     
         39 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the tacky elastomeric polymer composition consists of one or more elastomeric polymers.